It features one of our favourite humans - Marcus Luciano Occhilupo. We bring you the final moments as he surfs his last heat and a teary interview on a wonderful career. We chat to Australias latest World Champions Steph Gilmore and Mick Fanning, and their shaper Darren Handley. We chase massive swells in California, Mexico and Ireland, and wrap up the years final event, the Pipeline Masters.

But thats not all. Bundled in with this unfeasibly fat issue is the mighty ASL Board Bible, our all-in-one superguide to this years best hardcore surfing equipment, including world-first access to ASLs Experimental Kitchen. We also bring you the regular departments of hilarity and stupidity that make ASL the surfers best mate.